UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 28 DEC 25 Station: KNKX WMO ident: 72293 Latitude: 32.87 Longitude: -117.13 Elevation: 146.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 146 15.6 7.6 59 8.0 11.2 305 4 288.7 289.8 284.2 307.2 6.55 1 1000 145 15.4 7.4 59 8.0 11.0 290 5 288.5 289.7 284.1 306.8 6.46 2 955 533 10.8 5.8 71 5.0 8.2 294 8 287.7 288.8 283.3 304.8 6.06 3 939 673 9.8 2.8 62 7.0 6.3 295 6 288.1 289.0 282.3 302.3 4.98 4 927 780 8.8 3.9 71 4.9 6.3 295 4 288.1 289.1 282.8 303.6 5.46 5 925 798 8.6 3.6 71 5.0 6.1 295 4 288.1 289.0 282.7 303.3 5.36 6 923 816 8.6 3.8 72 4.8 6.2 298 4 288.3 289.2 282.9 303.8 5.45 7 910 933 8.0 0.0 57 8.0 4.2 318 3 288.8 289.6 281.7 300.9 4.20 8 885 1162 6.2 -2.8 52 9.0 2.2 355 4 289.3 289.9 281.1 299.5 3.51 9 876 1245 5.4 -1.6 61 7.0 2.2 1 5 289.3 290.0 281.5 300.5 3.88 10 868 1320 5.0 -2.0 60 7.0 1.9 350 7 289.6 290.3 281.6 300.7 3.80 11 863 1367 5.0 -6.0 45 11.0 0.5 343 8 290.1 290.6 280.7 298.4 2.83 12 851 1481 4.6 -10.4 33 15.0 -0.9 326 11 290.9 291.2 280.0 297.0 2.03 13 850 1491 4.6 -10.4 33 15.0 -0.9 325 11 291.0 291.3 280.0 297.1 2.03 14 827 1714 3.0 -7.0 48 10.0 -1.0 325 13 291.6 292.1 281.2 299.7 2.73 15 805 1932 2.6 -10.4 38 13.0 -2.2 325 14 293.4 293.8 281.3 299.9 2.15 16 797 2013 1.8 -10.2 41 12.0 -2.6 325 13 293.4 293.8 281.3 300.0 2.21 17 787 2114 1.6 -18.4 21 20.0 -4.5 325 13 294.2 294.4 280.4 297.8 1.14 18 778 2207 2.2 -28.8 8 31.0 -5.3 330 13 295.8 295.9 280.1 297.3 0.46 19 772 2270 2.0 -28.0 9 30.0 -5.4 334 13 296.3 296.4 280.4 297.9 0.49 20 716 2873 -1.3 -35.3 5 34.0 -8.2 348 16 299.1 299.2 281.3 300.0 0.26 21 700 3053 -2.9 -34.9 6 32.0 -9.3 345 15 299.3 299.3 281.4 300.2 0.28 22 613 4084 -12.3 -34.3 14 22.0 -16.0 322 8 300.0 300.1 281.8 301.2 0.34 23 581 4490 -15.7 -36.7 15 21.0 -18.8 303 10 300.7 300.8 282.0 301.7 0.28 24 570 4634 -16.5 -44.5 7 28.0 -19.8 296 13 301.4 301.4 282.1 301.9 0.13 25 564 4713 -16.1 -50.1 4 34.0 -19.7 289 15 302.8 302.8 282.6 303.1 0.07 26 534 5125 -15.1 -56.1 2 41.0 -19.2 265 33 308.8 308.8 284.9 308.9 0.04 27 503 5575 -16.9 -52.9 3 36.0 -20.7 247 51 311.9 311.9 286.1 312.1 0.06 28 500 5620 -17.3 -53.3 3 36.0 -21.0 245 51 311.9 312.0 286.1 312.2 0.05 29 432 6696 -26.5 -54.5 5 28.0 -28.6 243 57 313.6 313.6 286.6 313.8 0.05 30 411 7055 -27.3 -59.3 3 32.0 -29.4 241 71 317.0 317.0 287.8 317.2 0.03 31 400 7250 -28.7 -59.7 3 31.0 -30.6 240 78 317.7 317.7 288.0 317.8 0.03 32 381 7596 -31.3 -61.3 4 30.0 -32.9 235 81 318.7 318.7 288.3 318.8 0.03 33 371 7785 -31.9 -61.9 3 30.0 -33.4 235 83 320.4 320.4 288.9 320.5 0.02 34 340 8394 -37.1 -61.1 6 24.0 -38.1 235 91 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.5 0.03 35 329 8621 -37.5 -61.5 6 24.0 -38.5 235 95 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.0 0.03 36 300 9250 -43.5 -61.5 12 18.0 -44.1 235 106 324.0 324.1 290.0 324.2 0.03 37 297 9317 -44.1 -61.1 13 17.0 -44.6 235 107 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.3 0.03 38 289 9500 -44.9 -61.9 13 17.0 -45.4 235 111 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.7 0.03 39 260 10196 -50.3 -63.7 19 13.4 -50.6 235 124 327.6 327.6 291.0 327.7 0.03 40 250 10450 -52.3 -64.3 22 12.0 -52.5 235 113 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.4 0.03 41 245 10580 -53.3 -65.3 22 12.0 -53.5 236 110 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.02 42 237 10794 -54.3 -71.3 11 17.0 -54.5 238 104 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.4 0.01 43 226 11098 -56.1 -72.1 12 16.0 -56.3 235 96 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.01 44 201 11848 -53.5 -79.5 3 26.0 -53.8 238 99 347.5 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.00 45 200 11880 -53.7 -79.7 3 26.0 -54.0 240 99 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.00 46 187 12310 -56.9 -80.9 3 24.0 -57.1 239 90 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.00 47 170 12915 -57.7 -82.7 3 25.0 -57.9 237 77 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 48 162 13222 -55.3 -83.3 2 28.0 -55.6 236 70 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 49 150 13710 -59.1 -85.1 2 26.0 -59.3 235 60 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 50 140 14145 -56.3 -84.3 2 28.0 -56.6 235 60 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 51 111 15597 -62.3 -86.3 3 24.0 -62.5 232 58 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 52 100 16240 -62.5 -86.5 3 24.0 -62.7 235 44 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 53 93 16689 -61.1 -86.1 2 25.0 -61.4 224 46 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 54 89 16961 -62.5 -87.5 2 25.0 -62.7 226 52 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 55 83 17391 -62.1 -88.1 2 26.0 -62.4 235 49 430.1 430.1 308.9 430.1 0.00 56 80 17620 -59.5 -86.5 2 27.0 -59.9 239 43 440.0 440.0 309.8 440.0 0.00 57 70 18450 -62.1 -88.1 2 26.0 -62.4 225 35 451.5 451.5 311.0 451.5 0.00 58 67 18719 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -63.6 228 40 454.6 454.6 311.3 454.6 0.00 59 62 19200 -58.9 -86.9 2 28.0 -59.5 245 32 474.6 474.6 313.0 474.6 0.00 60 58 19616 -60.7 -87.7 2 27.0 -61.2 234 33 479.6 479.6 313.4 479.7 0.00 61 55 19947 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -59.3 244 29 491.6 491.6 314.4 491.6 0.00 62 51 20417 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.0 230 21 495.7 495.7 314.7 495.8 0.00 63 50 20540 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.2 265 18 500.4 500.4 315.0 500.5 0.00 64 49 20666 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.0 245 19 503.8 503.8 315.2 503.8 0.00 65 37 22392 -66.9 -90.9 2 24.0 -67.2 287 22 529.5 529.5 316.9 529.5 0.00 66 35 22732 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -62.0 312 18 552.6 552.6 318.2 552.6 0.00 67 32 23285 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.8 350 3 558.9 558.9 318.6 559.0 0.00 68 30 23680 -64.7 -89.7 2 25.0 -65.2 300 5 568.3 568.3 319.0 568.3 0.00 69 29 23886 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.6 303 9 572.7 572.7 319.3 572.7 0.00 70 28 24099 -64.7 -91.7 1 27.0 -65.3 304 13 579.6 579.6 319.6 579.6 0.00 71 27 24323 -60.5 -90.5 1 30.0 -61.4 293 15 597.4 597.4 320.5 597.5 0.00 72 25 24799 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -63.0 358 13 606.1 606.1 320.9 606.2 0.01 73 23 25315 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.6 280 14 625.5 625.5 321.7 625.5 0.01 74 21 25879 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -62.0 359 15 640.8 640.8 322.3 640.8 0.01 75 20 26180 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -64.0 270 12 643.0 643.0 322.4 643.1 0.01 76 18 26835 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -60.2 277 12 677.2 677.2 323.7 677.3 0.01 77 18 26835 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.9 277 12 678.5 678.5 323.7 678.5 0.01 78 17 27196 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -59.3 294 11 692.2 692.2 324.2 692.3 0.01 79 16 27578 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.9 311 11 698.5 698.5 324.4 698.5 0.01 80 14 28422 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -58.1 301 6 738.5 738.5 325.6 738.6 0.01 81 13 28898 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -56.6 328 2 762.7 762.7 326.3 762.8 0.02 82 13 28898 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -56.7 328 2 762.0 762.0 326.3 762.1 0.02 83 12 29416 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -55.8 309 4 786.0 786.0 326.9 786.2 0.02 84 11 29978 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -57.7 272 9 796.3 796.4 327.1 796.5 0.02 85 10 30594 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -56.3 279 13 828.1 828.1 327.9 828.4 0.03 TRP 226 11098 -56.1 -72.1 12 16.0 -56.3 235 96 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.01 WND 260 10196 -50.3 -63.7 19 13.4 -50.6 235 124 327.6 327.6 291.0 327.7 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5475.00 m Freezing level: 738.06 mb = 2635.53 m = 8646.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 858.83 mb = 1406.79 m = 4615.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.65 % Est. max temperature: 17.80 C = 64.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.76 mb = 1136.17 m = 3727.55 ft T: 6.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 4.90 C Layer 1000.0- 927.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.25 mb = 1979.71 m = 6495.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.32 C = 68.58 F Cap Strength: 8.92 C Lifted Index: 8.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.26 C Showalter Index: 13.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 6.90 C K Index: -20.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 73.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56908.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.00 mb = 1367.32 m = 4485.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 313 at 13 knt ---------------------------------------------------------- TRUE/GROUND REL | STORM REL LEV P H DIR SPD U V | DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s | knt m/s ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 1001 146 305 4 3.3 -2.3 | 137 9 -6.4 6.9 1 1000 145 290 5 4.7 -1.7 | 146 9 -5.0 7.5 2 981 305 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 168 6 -1.2 6.1 3 946 610 295 7 6.3 -3.0 | 152 7 -3.4 6.2 4 925 798 295 4 3.6 -1.7 | 141 10 -6.1 7.5 5 912 914 315 3 2.1 -2.1 | 133 10 -7.6 7.1 6 879 1219 5 4 -0.3 -4.0 | 117 11 -10.0 5.2 7 850 1491 325 11 6.3 -9.0 | 93 3 -3.4 0.2 8 815 1829 325 14 8.0 -11.5 | 36 3 -1.7 -2.3 9 785 2134 325 13 7.5 -10.6 | 57 3 -2.2 -1.5 10 756 2438 345 13 3.4 -12.6 | 62 7 -6.3 -3.4 11 727 2743 350 17 3.0 -16.7 | 42 10 -6.7 -7.6 12 700 3053 345 15 3.9 -14.5 | 48 8 -5.8 -5.3 13 647 3658 345 9 2.3 -8.7 | 94 7 -7.4 0.5 14 597 4267 310 8 6.1 -5.1 | 139 5 -3.6 4.0 15 574 4572 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 177 4 -0.2 3.7 16 551 4877 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 237 13 11.2 7.4 17 509 5486 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 235 48 39.2 27.0 18 500 5620 245 51 46.2 21.6 | 230 48 36.5 30.7 19 468 6096 245 46 41.7 19.4 | 228 43 32.0 28.6 20 449 6401 245 46 41.7 19.4 | 228 43 32.0 28.6 21 400 7250 240 78 67.5 39.0 | 230 75 57.8 48.2 22 379 7620 235 81 66.4 46.5 | 226 79 56.7 55.6 23 305 9144 235 102 83.6 58.5 | 227 100 73.9 67.7 24 300 9250 235 106 86.8 60.8 | 228 104 77.1 70.0 25 260 10196 235 124 101.6 71.1 | 229 122 91.9 80.3 26 253 10363 235 124 101.6 71.1 | 229 122 91.9 80.3 27 250 10450 235 113 92.6 64.8 | 228 111 82.9 74.0 28 230 10973 240 100 86.6 50.0 | 232 97 76.9 59.2 29 226 11098 235 96 78.6 55.1 | 227 94 68.9 64.3 30 210 11582 225 103 72.8 72.8 | 218 104 63.1 82.0 31 200 11880 240 99 85.7 49.5 | 232 96 76.0 58.7 32 150 13710 235 60 49.1 34.4 | 222 59 39.4 43.6 33 143 14021 235 60 49.1 34.4 | 222 59 39.4 43.6 34 117 15240 230 65 49.8 41.8 | 218 65 40.1 51.0 35 100 16240 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 217 43 26.3 34.4 36 97 16459 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 217 43 26.3 34.4 37 92 16764 220 46 29.6 35.2 | 204 49 19.9 44.4 38 87 17069 230 56 42.9 36.0 | 216 56 33.2 45.2 39 75 17983 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 223 33 22.0 24.0 40 72 18288 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 206 32 14.0 29.1 41 70 18450 225 35 24.7 24.7 | 204 37 15.0 33.9 42 65 18898 230 44 33.7 28.3 | 213 45 24.0 37.5 43 62 19202 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 220 30 19.3 22.7 44 59 19507 230 34 26.0 21.9 | 208 35 16.3 31.0 45 54 20117 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 220 24 15.7 18.4 46 51 20422 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 196 24 6.4 22.7 47 50 20540 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 217 14 8.2 10.8 48 49 20726 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 196 21 5.9 20.1 49 46 21031 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 218 12 7.3 9.2 50 44 21336 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 211 12 6.2 10.6 51 42 21641 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 176 14 -1.0 14.2 52 38 22250 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 244 10 8.7 4.3 53 36 22555 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 267 14 13.8 0.6 54 33 23165 5 2 -0.2 -2.0 | 126 12 -9.9 7.2 55 30 23680 300 5 4.3 -2.5 | 141 9 -5.4 6.7 56 28 24079 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 209 2 0.9 1.7 57 27 24384 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 235 7 5.3 3.7 58 25 24689 350 14 2.4 -13.8 | 58 9 -7.3 -4.6 59 24 24994 10 12 -2.1 -11.8 | 77 12 -11.8 -2.6 60 23 25298 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 208 9 4.2 8.0 61 22 25603 345 16 4.1 -15.5 | 42 8 -5.6 -6.3 62 21 25908 360 15 -0.0 -15.0 | 59 11 -9.7 -5.8 63 20 26180 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 194 9 2.3 9.2 64 20 26213 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 96 5 -4.7 0.5 65 18 26518 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 195 8 2.3 8.1 66 15 27127 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 104 4 -4.0 1.0 67 14 27432 300 6 5.2 -3.0 | 144 8 -4.5 6.2 68 13 27737 335 1 0.4 -0.9 | 132 12 -9.3 8.3 69 11 28346 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 181 11 0.1 10.9 70 10 28651 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 214 7 3.8 5.6 71 9 28956 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 193 13 2.9 12.6 72 8 29261 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 193 19 4.2 18.9 73 8 29566 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 252 9 8.2 2.7 74 7 29870 305 23 18.8 -13.2 | 294 10 9.1 -4.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.4 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 313.4 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -92.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.2 neg: -33.6 tot: -23.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 14.20 m/s Storm Parameters ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Depth Mean Inflow| Shear | Helicity | Vorticity AGL Dir Spd Dir Spd| Pos Neg Tot| Pos Neg Tot Ave Rel | Hor Strm m knt knt| 10^-3/s | m^2/s^2 m/s^2 | 10^-3/s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 292 8 157 7| 1.5 0.0 1.5| 5.1 -3.5 1.5 3.1 0.10| 6.3 0.6 1000 299 6 144 8| 2.4 0.0 2.4| 5.1 -15.9 -10.8 -10.8 -0.34| 6.3 -2.2 1500 313 7 134 7| 1.6 3.2 4.8| 5.1 -26.1 -21.0 -14.0 -0.42| 7.8 -3.3 2000 318 8 126 5| 1.2 2.4 3.6| 5.8 -27.2 -21.5 -10.7 -0.40| 6.5 -2.6 2500 325 9 109 5| 2.3 1.9 4.2| 6.4 -31.6 -25.2 -10.1 -0.36| 6.7 -2.4 3000 331 10 90 5| 1.9 1.5 3.3| 10.2 -33.6 -23.4 -7.8 -0.29| 6.4 -1.9 4000 333 10 89 5| 1.4 1.2 2.6| 24.9 -33.6 -8.7 -2.2 -0.05| 6.0 -0.3 5000 319 12 102 2| 1.1 4.1 5.2| 43.7 -34.3 9.5 1.9 0.11| 8.0 0.9 6000 283 18 237 9| 0.9 4.6 5.5| 43.7-158.1-114.4 -19.1 -0.02| 9.1 -0.2 Wrote GIF file: 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